Windows Vista - upgrade costs?

[Splash]

That would depend on your definition of "hardware"

In all honesty I'll be paying full retail whack so I don't need to worry about this kind of stuff.

Also from that link

"The change in policy will not affect consumers who purchase their Windows license preinstalled on a PC from a hardware manufacturer. No license transfers are allowed in those cases."

That would be the OEM version

[pp05]

I ran a advisory tool from MS, my current pc spec is suitable for business version. But I won't be upgrading, vista looks like a lock in type of OS.

[ikonia]

ha ha ha, and XP wasn't ?

[Koolpc]

Vista looks awesome. I like the polished look of it and some of the features are awesome.

[jamiesalter]

Hmmm, this is interesting:

Buy Windows Vista Home Premium for £219.19 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Microsoft-Wi...TF8&s=software)

or

Buy Windows Media Center 2005 with free premium upgrade coupon for £80.99 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Microsoft-Wi...TF8&s=software)

Or am I missing something?

[x64united]

i know. But the upgrade versions cant be used on own built systems.

[jamiesalter]

But the upgrade versions cant be used on own built systems.

I'm luckey you said that - just built a new computer and was just about to buy the media center edition with view to upgrade when vista comes out with the coupon.

So are you saying that, if i did buy windows media center, i wouldn't be able to upgrade to vista with the coupon because it is built by myself?

Sounds a bit of a scam to me.

[x64united]

thats what everyone has been saying, read here:

http://forums.hexus.net/showthread.php?t=91545